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Title: Disadvantage as a measure of handicap: a paired sibling study of disabled adults in Lebanon.
Author: Shaar-KH; McCarthy-M
Abstract:
In 1980 WHO defined disability as a functional limitation due to impairment, and handicap as the psychosocial disadvantage consequent to disability. This study was designed to investigate the advent of handicap in a group of adults physically disabled by
Journal: Int-J-Epidemiol. 1992 Feb; 21(1): 101-7